Regulators Approve Major Generation Projects Without CWIP Oklahoma Gas and Electric notified the Securities and Exchange Commission that Oklahoma regulators approved hundreds of millions of dollars in new energy projects. The utility filed a Current Report on Form 8-K after the Oklahoma Corporation Commission issued its order late last week. However, state regulators rejected OG&E’s …
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Oklahoma regulators call off announced meeting
THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners were set to possibly give the go-ahead this week to a $260 million project to improve American Electric Power Company’s electric transmission line from Lawton eastward to near Ardmore. But a Tuesday morning announcement declared the meeting had been cancelled. It did not offer an …
Utility commissioners caution FERC over data center growth
State Regulators Push Back on Federal Authority State utility regulators across the country are warning the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) not to overstep its authority as the agency seeks to connect massive data centers to interstate power transmission grids. Members of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)—including Oklahoma Corporation Commission Chair Kim …
Hiett critical of OGE’s involvement in CWIP order
Hiett Explains His Opposition to CWIP Denial Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett says he voted against a plan to deny Construction Work in Progress for Oklahoma Gas and Electric not because he was against denial of CWIP but because there was no cost cap on one of the utility’s energy expansion projects. Commissioners approved the …
Consumer Groups Challenge OGE’s CWIP Rate Request
OIEC and AARP Renew Opposition to OG&E Request Two consumer groups fighting Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) over its plan to use a controversial new law to make ratepayers fund energy expansion projects while under construction have renewed their arguments that the request should be denied. In a filing with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC), …
OCC to vote whether to deny OGE request to raise rates
Commission to Rule on Controversial Construction Cost Recovery Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) will learn Thursday whether Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners will approve or deny the utility’s request for Construction Work in Progress (CWIP) on major energy improvement projects. If approved, CWIP would allow OG&E to charge its nearly 900,000 customers for project costs while construction …
AEP files Oklahoma request for $260M transmission rebuild
AEP transmission rebuild filing American Electric Power (AEP) recently started the formal request process seeking Oklahoma Corporation Commission approval of its proposed $260 million project to improve an electric transmission line from Lawton to west of Ardmore in southern Oklahoma.Additionally, Oklahoma Energy infrastructure expansion remains a core grid modernization focus statewide. At the same time, …
Commission review of PSO preapproval could stretch into 2026
Case Timeline Before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission It could be March, 2026 perhaps before the preapproval request totaling $1.2 billion in new energy generation projects by Public Service Company of Oklahoma goes before Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners.However, the official docket identifies the PSO “Generation Preapproval (includes CWIP)” matter under PUD 2025-000064, signaling a lengthy procedural path …
Oklahoma Corporation Commission Must Deliver 7,000 Pages
Supreme Court demands physical delivery The Oklahoma Corporation Commission will have to deliver more than 7,000 pages of documents to the Supreme Court as it considers the filing of a lawsuit by three legislators challenging 2021 winter storm rate hikes and votes by Commissioner Todd Hiett. This confrontation now sits in one of the most …
Oklahoma Oil Wastewater Pollution Exposed
Oklahoma oil field wastewater, OCC oversight, and investigation In a bold headline, “Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it,” reported the non-profit Oklahoma journalism group, The Frontier. The news group based its investigation on the claims of a retired petroleum engineer who worked for the …
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